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My Skoda arrived today! It’s a 110tsi manual with a tech, luxury and panoramic roof pack. I’m very exciting to put my turini wheel, rs spoiler and black mirror caps on it!

Fresh detailing for my lady.

OK so i've had my scout for just over 2 weeks and yesterday she finally got her first proper long run although it was totally unexpected. My wife had been looking at getting a small run-about with a bit of commuting thrown in. She didn't want to take the scout to work as the parking spaces are small. Anyway on Friday night she declared that she'd found the car and that in the morning we'd be off to take a look. Turns out the car, a BMW 1 Series 120d XDrive was in Exeter, some 300 mile round-trip from Reading all told! Up early on the Saturday, MacDonalds breakfast eaten, we hit the M4 heading south. So first observation. Live Traffic Updates. With my phone acting as a wifi hotspot the Nav picked up the ever changing traffic situation and began routing us around hold ups caused by holiday makers all heading to Cornwall. Overall it did a good job of avoiding most of the serious delays although once on the way back it decided that central Bristol was the quickest route vs the M5. All told the live traffic worked a treat. Importantly it didn't suck up too much data either which was a pleasant surprise. Next up. Comfort. I'm still coming to terms with just how quiet and comfortable to car is. Compared to the Octy vRS I had the scout is very quiet and you feel that you are floating along, cocooned from the outside world. It's not without wind noise but that's restricted into the background as opposed to the "wing mirror wind tunnel" on the vRS. The car never feels rushed and it doesn't screen at you to mash the right peddle to the floor in the way to vRS simply wanted to be driven.. fast!!. The seats are lush and very comfortable. Visibility is also really good and the pan roof gives the whole car a light and airy feel. Upon arriving in Exeter I felt refreshed and relaxed. It was a similar experience on the way home again a few hours later. OK lets talk fuel. My scout packed the 150 TDI with DSG so it's never going to win awards for fuel economy. On the run we nudged 47.2 mpg. Not bad, all things considered, especially that the car had only (just) ticked over its first 1,000 miles. Pump up to volume. The Canton is awesome. It clear, carries a fair amount of base and never sounds tiny. I love it. Listening to "Bluetooth-streamed" Lord of the Rings soundtrack on the way back was a real pleasure. So overall she performed beautifully, the car, not the wife who did purchase the car after all, which bodes well for our next long run. Reading to Lake Windemere over the August Bank Holiday weekend!! This time we'll be 4 up (Me, Wife, 2 teens) with a full boot and a long way to go. I am actually really looking forward to it considering that 3 weeks ago I was planning on taking the vRS. I can honestly say that even though I'd wanted a Kodiaq since I first heard Skoda were making a 4x4 SUV and really went to town doing my homework on the car, I still can't quite believe that it's exceeded my expectations and has made me a very happy owner

My Superb estate. Treated it to a wax today. Used the Bilt Hamber double speed wax and am pleased with how it finished up looking.

Collected this over the weekend, safe to say, I love it!

Just got back from a 3 week tour of France and Germany. Brilliant. Aside from the fun of flooring it on the autobahn, and some great mountain drives in the black Forest, here's an image from a vineyard in Pouilly. Beautiful. Have had so many comments from people on the car. Many Germans in particular. Think the colour is very unusual over there. Loads of white and blue VRS estates but didn't see any other MG cars.

I thought I'd post an update with a more considered view based on seven months of ownership, for anyone considering buying. I'm delighted to say that all of the "good" items in my opening post are still just as good, or even better than I thought them after six weeks. I've moved fuel economy from "not sure yet" to "good" - I'm averaging 55+mpg over the period of ownership and currently getting 58-62mpg, which is pretty good for a 190ps I think. I put it down to warmer weather, summer diesel and the car not having been driven for a month before I picked it up in January. I've removed Adblue from my "not sure yet" list. It was a big worry for me as this is my first car that uses it, but it's a complete non-issue and should not put anyone off buying a TDI. The first time it does an active regeneration can be a bit of a shock as the fans go crazy and the car smells like it's burning, even with everything turned off. This is completely normal, but caught me very much by surprise the first time it happened. I've added some new ones to my "good" list: 1. The pick-up of the 190 when overtaking is fantastic. Obviously not in 280 territory, but always enough to get me out of trouble and paint a big stupid grin across my face. I love the way the front end lifts when you floor it. 2. Having an SD card for music - so much better than CDs. (I don't do the streaming thing). 3. Map updates. They may seem a bit of a pain since they take so long and don't always work first time, but it's a whole lot better than being told it will cost £x00.00 a time and can only be done at the dealer's, as was the case for my previous mk2. I don't use Waze etc, so the Columbus is my only satnav. 4. Styling. I was a bit unsure about this to start with, since the Mk2 was more limo-like and I worried I would look like a gangster in the new one. But it's really grown on me. 5. Comfort. It always takes me a few months to find the "right" seat position in a Superb, and this one was no exception. I spend a lot of hours in the car, and I'm getting out of it as fresh as when I got in. 6. Voice control. This works way better than it did on the Mk2, and means I'm not fiddling with the infotainment system or control wheels while driving. I've only moved one thing from "not sure yet" to "not so good" - the tyres (Pirelli P7). They are awful and if you can get one with different tyres, do it. It won't be as quiet as an E Class, but it will be a whole lot quieter than with P7s on it. I still hate the stop-start and the side sensors, and I still can't get excited one way or the other about KESSY. The only new "bad" thing I've found (and we really are talking about first world problems here) are the headlight washers. They are utterly pointless (but legally required, frustratingly). It's so annoying to watch a stream of wasted screen-wash spurt all over your freshly cleaned bonnet. The frequency with which it happens can be changed, but (AFAIK) only by VCDS. Why not on the infotainment screen where you change light settings etc? There are a few things to be aware of. They don't rank as being bad, and many will apply to other cars as well as the Superb, but they are worth considering: 1. Windscreen. This is a sore point for me at the moment as I'm waiting for a chip repair later this week. The bit to be aware of is that if you have the A5 camera for lane assist etc, replacing the windscreen becomes a whole new level of horrible. That includes the cost and the time it takes, since they have to recalibrate the camera, and not everywhere can do it. I'm dreading the Autoglass technician telling me they can't repair mine. 2. Throttle lag. This is real, and can be a problem. There are some fixes (Audi throttle mod activated by VCDS or OBDeleven, or an after-market pedal box for example). Personally I've found flicking the DSG lever to Sport when I want a quick getaway to be adequate, but I'm not a racing driver by any stretch of the imagination. 3. Unheated windscreen washers. Don't use cheap forecourt screen-wash in winter - it will freeze at barely below zero. Ask me how I know... 4. I haven't had the rattle problems some others have, but the doors can creak like a creaky thing, more so in the hot weather in my experience. There is an easy fix - rubber care (gummi pfleger), but it needs liberal and regular application to keep the creaks away. 5. If test driving a Superb without the blind spot monitoring system, make sure you are happy the door mirrors are ok for you. I find them too small and have to move in my seat to get a decent view when changing lane on the motorway. BSM helps a lot, and I wouldn't want to be without it. 6. Depending on spec, you are buying a whole lot of computerisation. It's not a car you can repair easily yourself, so I'd recommend regular maintenance and a budget for gizmology-repair if keeping it beyond the warranty period. Happily, the summary after seven months is the same as it was after six weeks. I love the car and can heartily recommend it. It's safe, comfortable, frugal and great fun to drive for such a barge. It more than holds its own in the Merc, BMW and Audi-filled corporate car park, and the value for money is IMHO astounding. Hope this helps anyone looking at the Superb as a potential next car.

When the wheel well fills up with water a message will come up on maxi dot saying " Wheel Well Full " Simply Clever

Fork handles?

That coin must have been going at a hell of a crack for it become embedded! Nice clean finger there, obviously a white collar worker....

As I understand it, the e-Citigo will have about 200 mile range (as will e-!UP by then) and is due in 2019. For the type of car the Citigo is, 200 mile range is perfectly adequate. I'm eagerly awaiting developments in this area, as I like the Citigo and want an electric car. I'm ready to chop in the Citigo Monte Carlo if the electric version is up to the hype.

Mavic owner here! What a piece of kit. From a landscape photographer, This drone has changed my whole outlook as I haven't touched the DLSR since buying it!

It's all in the little details, IMO, that make the car better. Both to drive and visually to each individual person, which is why we mod our cars. Great work and attention to detail Charlie car looks amazing!

This car broke down multiple times, gearbox, overheating, engine dying... the lad who owned it finally rejected it and it’s now back up for sale. Grey Combi diesel. He’s asked to spread the word about the car.

Good morning all. After a long time reading the forums I've finally got around to joining the community. First Skoda was a 13 plate Roomster Scout which I changed for a 67 plate Fabia estate two months ago. I hope I can justify my membership by both giving and receiving help and advice in the future.

Higher temperature resistance - http://www.autonews.com/article/20180728/OEM01/180739985/fiat-chrysler-alloy-federal-government and http://www.thedrive.com/news/21931/fca-joint-project-develops-new-aluminum-alloy-for-turbo-engines

If you pushed it too far then it was the wrong size SIM. I made the same mistake. Getting it back out was fortunately quite easy. You need need a strip of old credit card. I used a strip of the card that the SIM pushed out from. Put it a line of superglue along the leading edge of the strip and leave it 30s or so to become tacky. Push the strip into the SIM slot so the glued edge makes contact with the stuck SIM card. Leave it a few seconds to give the glue time to bond. Pull the strip back out and it should pull the SIM card with it. I practiced first on a flat surface to work out how much glue to apply to make sure I didn’t use too much and stick the strip to the SIM slot, and to work out how long to leave things for to get it to bond properly. It worked first time for me and was nice and quick and easy.

Just pop and fling all these into the footwells 30minbefore departure https://m.ebay.ie/itm/292483548792?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F5282-53468-19255-0%2F1%3Fff3%3D2%26toolid%3D10044%26campid%3D5338268676%26customid%3Da1186899-ff39-4c51-b2c9-b563318a596e%26lgeo%3D1%26vectorid%3D229543%26item%3D292483548792%26srcrot%3D5282-53468-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D1630899178170%26rvr_ts%3D34f5d9961650a68cbe246a9fffea535b&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1&ul_noapp=true&varId=591328277428

In hindsight should have took the calipers off to paint. But just don't have the time. Also change the pads and discs to freshen up. But still plenty of life and meat in them

The manual makes mention of 'active user account personalisation', not sure if I have this? Mine only seems to do it at motorway speeds. I'd like to turn it off though if possible.

That's the regular operation of the rear wiper though. What is being observed here is different, and I noticed it today for the first time too. Front wipers on auto, heavy rain, rear wiper in the off position. Every so often the rear wiper operates of its own accord. Annoying. I looked in the settings menu, and as others have observed there are only two options, one to disable auto wiping, which disabled front and rear auto wiping, so no good, the only other option is to turn the 'auto rear wiper in reverse' mode on or off, which I quite like. So, at least on my car it doesn't appear the random rear wiper can be turned off without disabling the front auto wipers.

We all have different levels of patience and deal with bad customer service accordingly. It's fair to say I'd have been shouting down the phone at Skoda UK and making a scene in the dealer weeks ago. Time to dig in and kick up a bigger fuss.

Skoda don’t quote an interval for replacement - it’s nominally “filled for life”. Mine’s a bit clunky when shifting so thinking of changing the oil to see if it helps.

How old is your car?,how many miles has it done?.An interim service is every 10000 miles or 1 year and the major service is every 20000 miles or every 2 years. You can have the service done at an independent garage but genuine Skoda parts must be used if I remember correctly.

This annoyed me too. I experimented a bit today and I think that maybe if you start the car with the intermittent wipe setting set to something less than “as frequent as possible”, it doesn’t wipe the rear window. Certainly I just drove for about 10 minutes in the rain with the front wipers on automatic, and the rear screen didn’t get wiped once. Changing the setting back to “most frequent” or pushing the stalk to get a rear wipe to happen seemed to reinstate the automatic rear wipe functionality. I’m not 100% convinced whether this was just a fluke, but it might be worth others giving it a try. Funny old weather that we’ve managed to have our car for nearly 3months and I’m only just now having to work out how the wipers work for the first time...

I don't know, there are some really bad things about Superb's quality, but some are really awesome. I killed mosquito yesterday and it got blood on pillar and I had to remove it to clean it off, what I found bellow was surprisingly good cable management. Even some soft foam glued to pillar P.S.: I also removed windscreen ticket holder, it was making noise over certain terrains and it was soo damn annoying... I did same on my mothers Octavia.

Can you tell me please Andrew what age group/weight does it cover, does the head rest raise/lower. Also does the child use the car seat belt ? Thanks AG

Welcome Angle . Long wait but it will be worth it

It doesn't sound like there's anything wrong with your current car, your old one obviously had a stuck thermostat and took much too long to warm up. If it ain't broke...

I superglued it over the chip, to help out Autoglass. I'm sure they will appreciate it. And I always scrub up for a photo of course...

Good tip. did this job on Saturday and everything went according to plan. Did the roll bar bushings, drop links and both rear shocks and the car is a pleasure to drive again. Once again thanks for the help, lads. Really is an excellent forum,

What is the 'maxidot'?

yes

The number of classics is infinitesimally small compared to the number of vehicles worldwide so despite their greater emissions their contribution to pollution levels is minute. So IMHO there's no sensible environmental reason not to be allowed to keep them running (moving exhibits always have more meaning than static ones), but the costs of running them will inevitably escalate.

My son (5yrs old) calls my wife's car the mum-bus! It's a fiat 500x. And sometimes complains at how slow it is. I've trained him well!

Gave my Superb its first proper wax today after 3 months owning it! Gave it a good proper wash and dry, then used Bilt Hamber Double Speed wax. Impressed with how it looks! Actually want a bit of rain now as ive read that the beading this wax gives is crazy!

Not as good as mine

Update for anyone interested fixed this now the actuator arm was far too short think the issue I had was because the turbo had been set up for a standard car and mine seems to have been remapped from the previous owner so I had some messing to do to get it right. I disregarded the figures which I read on here for setting the actuator and just made sure my required and actual boost were the same. Pulls like a train again now. Happy days.

So I'm back from holiday and able to crack on with the build. Whilst away on holiday, the welding fairy paid a visit and sorted out that little hole on the end of the sill. First job for me today was make the necessary engine loom edits. A fairly straight forward exercise in the end. Basically just needed to take the 3 plugs for the vvc mechanism and the plug for the camshaft sensor from the ZR loom and add them into the 120 loom. I followed a guide I found on a Rover site and did a better job. Instead of cutting and soldering every wire it was easier to just remove and replace the pins in the ecu plug. This meant there was only 2 wires which actually needed splicing and soldering. Once everything was attached, it just needed the sleeves and tape replacing to neaten it all up. With the loom sorted, I was keen to see if it works so I plugged it all in to the engine, filled the engine with oil. Before I could give it a try, I need to swap the alarm/immobiliser box for the one matched to the ecu. That was a ball ache as it means the centre console fascia had to come out to get access to it. I the old Brisk Rover, this box is much easier to get to underneath the dash above the pedals. I've slightly moved this one so that I can now get to it without having to take half the interior apart. So with this done it was time to turn the key. Looks like I got my loom right as it fired straight up Didn't run it for long as I haven't reattached any of the cooling system yet. The tappy noise is just the hydraulic tappets which should settle down once it gets a bit of running. That Powerflow exhaust sounds nice though.

Just returned to my car to find it dwarfed by a Bowler!! Impressive looking thing

The speed limit might be 60 mph but that does not mean one is doing 60 and one has backed off considering the topography of the road but placing a 30 mph restriction sign just round a quite severe bend, rather than just before it, just seems ill conceived, Like this one below, 33 feet before the stop for the lights ie less than even the thinking distance at 30 mph if I recall my braking distance table at the back of the Highway Code...............

What size of SIM did you put into the slot? I only ask because I put in the standard size and it wouldn't work. Read the manual and it said it takes micro so put that in then had to use tweezers to retrieve the card. Can you see any of the SIM? Sorry but this really did make me laugh. You are not having a great weekend.

All fixed (for now), even managed to extract the contact from within the connector block, re-crimped and soldered for good measure, extra wire added and crimp connector to original offending wire and Bob's your uncle, no more warning lights and limp mode! . . . oh, and copious amounts of insulation tape for good measure to keep the damp out!

I’m questioning the logic in posting that you’ll go lower than £14k on the same forum you’re going to advertise on.

VERY much looking forward to it. TBH I had to book as it's my only excuse to the kids for not putting the suspension back to stock.

It's currently at the mapping place for the final work. That's assuming no little issues creep in of course. Hopefully an update very soon.

A warm welcome to the Forum Adam!

Hello all, just bought a VW T-ROC 1.5 TSI Manual and are having the same kangaroo issue as you lot are describing. If I let the clutch up with no throttle to pull away and then gently accelerate it’s fine, alternatively, 1800 rpm and drop the clutch and she’ll pull away cleanly. A normal 1400 ish RPM and it bunny hops down the road like a good’un. Quite frustrating.